Bicyclist strikes flagger on bike lane project (Kitsap Sun)

Aren’t bike lanes supposed to be safer? Maybe not for the construction workers creating them.

The Kitsap Sun reports that a flagger outside a bike lane project on Bainbridge Island was struck and injured by a bicyclist who ignored the fact that the work zone was closed. The cyclist pedaled away.

From the blotter:

“The flagger said the bicyclist went around the waiting automobiles and was riding through the closed work area. The flagger, a Bremerton resident, said she waved her stop sign and stepped into the roadway to stop the bicyclist. The bicyclist struck the flagger and they both fell to the ground.”